Franklin County Jail is a detention center for adult inmates in Louisburg, NC. This medium security, 167-bed facility serves Franklin County and also accepts inmates from the surrounding area. The Franklin County Jail is operated by the Franklin County Sherriff’s Department.

The inmates in this facility have a variety of programs and services available to them which are listed below:

A majority of the time the inmates are in their 2 to 3 person cell but at certain parts of the day, they are allowed to hang out in the common area, recreation area or read in the library. The inmates do not get much privacy. Everything they do is supervised.

Inmates are under heightened supervision when they first arrive at the jail in the intake. Inmates that are violent and can’t control themselves are segregated. Sentenced inmates and inmates that are still waiting for their day in court are held in this facility.